I am probably the one who sent the last irratating non-standard e-mail
feature that kicked this off. I have turned it off. So, you can stop
your howling and thanks for your input.
I am really enjoying this list and I appreciate the members who
contribute their time and wisdom and knowledge to help beginners like me
who love the little cars and who want to learn...
Thanks for letting me be a part of your world.
Monty
Chris Kotting wrote:
>
> PLEASE!!!! Not another argument about preferences in computers/operating
> systems/software!
>
> Larry has a point, in my opinion. To boil it down, his point was that not
> all of us are using the same software and systems, and as a result, one
> man's nifty bell and whistle is another man's hassle. Therefore, it is
> worth consideration to stick to "common denominator" formats.
>
> Chris Kotting
> ckotting@iwaynet.net
> '77 Midget
> Netscape Communicator 4.01
> Microsoft Outlook 97
> Eudora Pro
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Mumford [SMTP:mumford@rpi.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 1997 9:38 PM
> To: spridgets@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: non-standard e-mail features are very irritating
>
> Les and list -
>
> > I use Eudora e-mail (which is to e-mail programs what Netscape is
> > to web browsers)
>
> Um, no. Eudora is very irritating in and of itself and doesn't have
> many of the features Netscape mail has. This is, of course, MOHO. I
> use Netscape Communicator 4.04, and the mail program is much better than
> anything else I have seen. I wouldn't call Eudora a standard unless you
> happen to work for a company that bought a big license, in which case
> it'd be a standard for you but not for everyone else.
>
> > For example, what the heck is this vcard.vcf attachment stuff
>
> Netscape allows you to attach a graphical ".sig" file to the end of your
> mail instead of or in addition to a text one. It's one of those little
> whistles you can turn on, I haven't done it myself. The purpose is to
> encourage people to use Netscape for both their web browsing and web
> surfing needs. For those of us lucky enough to have a 24-hour direct
> connection to the net, you'd be nuts not to use Netscape for everything,
> because it uses less resources on your machine and there is no problem
> incorporating graphics, text, and web material in between applications
> and e-mail.
>
> > I bet everyone on the list now has it in their e-mail
> > attachment directory if they are running a standard e-mail program
>
> Hate to be the one to say it, but there is no such thing anymore as a
> standard email program. I remember the days where there wasn't such a
> thing as a "web" and most everyone used Berkely mail from a vt330
> terminal emulator on a 1200bps dialup. Back then, people used elm or
> mail. Nowadays there's Eudora, Netscape, and who knows what else.
>
> > (It's probably some bell or whistle feature from a program
> > few of us have)
>
> I would hardly classify netscape as a "program few of us have."
>
> > Let's turn off the fancy crap in our e-mail programs that isn't
> > universally used.
>
> I was just about to encode a 3.4MB .wav file of my Midget engine
> running, but I guess I'll delete that. *click*
>
> :)
>
> e
>
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